A nymphaeum, in ancient Greece and Rome, was a monument consecrated to the nymphs, especially those of springs.

The identification of the building as a nymphaeum, or rather as a pavilion, starts from its location within a place that the sources call a “garden”, next to a still existing stream. 

There was a park that included a portion of the valley, much larger than the simple area 
of the Nymphaeum. This is testified by what must have been the access door to the complex, located about 160 meters northwest of the Nymphaeum, as well as water containment works that allowed the creation of artificial lakes.

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In the historical report provided by Reuse Italy, Marina Doring poses in her thesis that the nym-phaeum was “configured as a sort of “artificial ruin”. It represents a modern building that, at the same time, is endowed with typical characteristics of ancient architecture, without how-ever being truly ancient.”

Echoing this ethos, this proposal saught to achieve two main goals:

• reimagine architectural cues and motifs from the ruins to create an architecture free from the ruins, and yet inseparable
  
  

• restore historic water features while proposing modern water features